A group of students view a short film on the Tuskegee Airmen in the 'Rise Above' traveling exhibit. The exhibit will be at the Liberty Aviation Museum from Wednesday through Saturday.

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Residents can take a step back into WWII-era history, sneak a peak at an original P-51 Mustang fighter airplane and speak with a veteran who served with the famed Tuskegee Airmen this week.

The Commemorative Air Force Red Tail Squadron educational program, "Rise Above," which tells the story of the famed African-American fighter pilots, will be returning to the Liberty Aviation Museum from Wednesday through Thursday.

During WWII, the airmen from Tuskegee were what had been labeled as an "experimental" army program and were the first African-American fighter pilots to fly combat ...